Measuring heat transfer during spray cooling using controlled induction-heating experiments and computational models

Xiaoxu Zhou, Brian G. Thomas, B. C.Alberto Hernández, E. A.Humberto Castillejos, Andrés F. Acosta G.F.A.

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Abstract

This paper presents a methodology combining experimental measurements with computational modeling to find the heat flux extracted during spray cooling of a metal surface. Controlled experiments are performed to impinge air-mist spray onto a metal probe surface while applying induction heating to follow a desired temperature history. A transient axisymmetric computational model of induction heating which couples electromagnetics and heat conduction has been developed and validated with a test problem. The model is calibrated to match transient dry measurements and then used to simulate a steady-state air-mist spray cooling experiment in order to quantify the heat extracted from the probe surface by the boiling water droplets. A detailed example is presented to illustrate this approach.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3181-3192
Number of pages12
JournalApplied Mathematical Modelling
Volume37
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Electromagnetics
  • Finite-element model
  • Heat transfer
  • Induction heating
  • Measurement method
  • Spray-cooling

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Applied Mathematics

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